The women in "A Dream of Red Mansions" seem to be able to drink a few drinks. Even the frail and sickly Lin Daiyu would boil a pot of rice wine and take a hot sip when eating crabs. During the night banquet held by Shou Yihong Qunfang, all the ladies and girls started drinking. If you ask who among women loves drinking the most, everyone who has watched "A Dream of Red Mansions" will say in unison: Shi Xiangyun!
A weak beauty like Sister Lin also has the mood to drink a glass of water when the weather is snowing. When she comes to Shi Xiangyun's place, it becomes a drinking fight and a lot of fun.
Therefore, Xiangyun doesn't like to give orders because he thinks it is too formal. Baoyu and Baoqin celebrated their birthdays, and everyone gave orders. Xiangyun couldn't wait, so he and Baoyu yelled "three" and "five" and started punching.
This girl from Xiangyun started drinking wine, drinking freely and without restraint. He even got drunk and wanted to cool off, so he fell asleep on a bluestone bench behind the mountain. When everyone went to look, they saw Shi Xiangyun lying on a stone bench in a remote place in the mountain. He was sleeping deeply with the fragrance of his business. Peony flowers were flying all around him. His head and face were covered with red incense. The fan in his hand was on the ground, half covered with fallen flowers. After she was buried, a group of bees and butterflies surrounded her noisily.
When everyone saw it, they were filled with love and laughter, and they rushed over to help her. Shi Xiangyun was still making drunken remarks about the drinking order: The spring is fragrant and the wine is strong. The jade bowl contains amber light. Drink until the plum blossoms reach the moon. I will help you go home drunk. It is a good time to meet relatives and friends. This drunkenness was unique and interesting, and Shi Xiangyun entered people's hearts from then on.
Lin Daiyu's restraint turned into a solitary and arrogant person, while Shi Xiangyun turned out to be bold and unrestrained. If Daiyu pursues a kind of worldly detachment, Xiangyun shows more of a worldly taste. This contrast is very clear in Lu Xueting's couplet: It snowed heavily, and everyone discussed After writing a poem, everyone came to Lu Xueting, but Baoyu and Xiangyun were missing. It turned out that the two had gone to calculate the piece of venison. When they found them, Baoqin said: "It's weird." Daiyu said: Lu Xueting was robbed today, and her whole life was ruined by Yun Yatou. I cried a lot for Lu Xueting. But Shi Xiangyun said: After eating this, I love drinking wine, and only after drinking wine can I write poems. If it weren't for this venison, I would never be able to write poetry today. ...what do you know! "It's true celebrities who are romantic." You are all fake and noble, which is the most disgusting thing. We were eating a lot of food for a while, but when we came back, we were full of delicious food.
Shi Xiangyun's heroic spirit does not give people a rough feeling. There is a comment in Tu Ying's "Ode to Shi Xiangyun" from the Qing Dynasty: The black hair is dragged along the pillow, the white arms are hanging on the edge of the bed, the dream state is broken, the sleep is pleasant, and when the fever is high, the person is chewing, and the P medicine is used to sleep soundly, especially Qian Renzhen. The clothes and clothes are enough to carry people thousands of miles away, and they feel even more proud. Shi Xiangyun's unrestrained drinking seemed to be a bit of a drinking habit. For Shi Xiangyun, wine is no longer a tool to drink away sorrow, but a freehand painting to enjoy the happy life in the world. She lives a free and light life.
There is another person in "A Dream of Red Mansions" who holds the same attitude towards life as Shi Xiangyun, and that is her aunt-Shi Taijun Jia Mu. According to Zhi Yanzhai, she used to be a character in the Twelve Beauties of Zhenxia Pavilion, and she was also a sexy girl. In her later years, the old lady still showed a free and cheerful personality. She liked to joke and play with her grandchildren, and hated Jia Zheng's seriousness. She was also a drinker: the second half of Chapter 54 is written by Wang Xifengxiao The colorful costumes made Jia Mu laugh. As expected, Jia Mu laughed and said: "But I didn't laugh painfully in the past two days. It's thanks to her that I laughed all the way. I felt a little happier. I'll have some wine again."
Seeing this, one can’t help but wonder: Did the good wine blood flowing in Shi Xiangyun come from this aunt’s inheritance? In interesting cultural activities such as banquets and lantern festivals, the most enthusiastic and active person among the younger generation was Shi Xiangyun, and among the older generation, it was naturally Jia Mu. Jia Mu may not have studied much when she was young, but this did not hinder her pursuit of a better life. In the book, we can see her elegant taste from time to time.
Jia Mu asked the little girls to practice on the water pavilion of the Lotus Champs Pavilion, so that the sound of the water can be heard better. When admiring the moon in the Mid-Autumn Festival, she said with emotion: Too much music will lose elegance. It is enough to use a flute player to play it from a distance.
Until she was old, Jia Mu was enthusiastically pursuing the fun in life. From Shi Xiangyun, we can see the shadow of this old lady when she was young. On the contrary, we can also speculate that if Shi Xiangyun reaches old age, will she live as enjoyable a life as her great aunt?
The one thing that Jia Mu and Shi Xiangyun have in common is that they not only live a free and unrestrained life, but also live an interesting life. In fact, this is also a way of poetic dwelling. And modern people, running around for life and worrying about trivial matters, are their lives too heavy?
With longing in my heart, many dreams have turned green and yellow. Look at the laughter in the clouds, the light, the wind and the moon, why bother singing lightly? Happy and free, looking far into the distance, no sorrow can be seen. Wouldn't it be beautiful if happy people don't write about sadness?